China's Chang'e 4 has safely landed on the far side of the Moon – a first for humanity that was made possible by a lunar satellite that allowed mission control to monitor and communicate with the uncrewed spacecraft (The Verge). Chang'e 4 carries a lunar rover and the pair will analyse the Aitken basin region of the Moon.

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HMD's new flagship Nokia 9 smartphone is set to have an array of 5 rear-facing cameras which, according a video published by MySmartPrice, will take "5 simultaneous shots," presumably for computational photography of the sort seen in the Light L16 multi-lens camera (Ars Technica). There's no release date as yet, but we're likely to hear more at February's Mobile World Congress.

The electricity output demanded of UK power stations last year reached its lowest levels since 1994, primarily due to mass adoption of energy efficient household goods and economic changes that mean fewer businesses with high electricity demands operate in the country (The Guardian).

Last year also saw record-breaking levels of renewable energy generation, with 33.4 per cent of the nation's supply generated by sources including nuclear, biomass and wind power.

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In a thrilling week for space science, Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back its first detailed images of the rocky Kuiper Belt object Ultima Thule (Space .com). The high-resolution images of the contact binary object reveal a red-coloured body with two lobes – now named Ultima and Thule respectively – that's been described as resembling a snowman.

“Be more productive” often stands at the top of the list for New Year resolutions – but actually finding the tools to implement it in everyday life is a different kettle of fish (WIRED). We’ve asked 12 successful entrepreneurs and chief executives from various industries, ranging from gaming to transportation, about their own secret productivity hacks – and the good news is, none of them mentioned sleep deprivation as a personal favourite.